Spoke-socket.



No. 868,562. 1 PATENTED 001315, 1907.

W. E. HOLT.

4 SPOKE SOCKET. 21.10am; mum run, 1901.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM. E. HOLT, OF

PATENT oFnIon-l BUTTE, NEBRASKA, AssIoNon or ONE-THIRD'TQ nLr mn HAMAKER, or BUTTE, NEBRASKA:

sPoKn-soorcsn Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Oct. 15-. 1907;-

Aoplication filed Fellrnary 21, 1907.; Serial Illa-358,701.

To (ill whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. ,HoL'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Butte, in the county of" Boyd and State of Nebraska,.. have invented certain new-and useful Improvements.in Spoke-Sockets, oi

whichthe following is-a specification.

The present invention relates in general to the constrnction of vehicle wheels, and more pattic'ularlyto I an improved means for connecting the spokes and the folly, theo lect 0f the-invention'beingto provide a metallic socket foraccomplishing this result, the said spoke has become orokenandit is desired to produce a rigid connection between the spoke and the telly without the expense of introducing a. new spoke.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire knowledge or the detailsof construction and the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, which 1 I Figure 1 is a perspec-tiveview ofap'ortion of a wheel having the invention applied thereto.' Fig. 2 is a longitndinal sectional View through the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional View throughone side of the socket. Fig. 4 is a detached perspective View of'the socket showing the construction used-for repair purposes. j I v Gor'respondin'g andlike parts are referred to in the following descriptionand indicated in all the'views of the drawings by the same reference characters. I The invention is shown as applied to a vehicle wheel in which the numeral '1 designates the telly-and 2 the spokes. I r j i i v v In the specific construction of the spoke. socket it will be observed that the same comprises a sleeve or ferrule 3 receiving the outer, extremity of the spoke 2 and provided with a base 4 l lntegralears 5 project outwardly from oppositesid s L of 'the base 4 and when in the position assumed, ininse are designed to emhrace ,the felly l. The end portions of theears 5 are 1 enlarged and: provided with ilheopeningsfi'forj the re-v ception of any suitable fastening members such as screws. It may be found desirable to embed theears -5 inthe sides of thefelly 1, in which instance a flushjoint will 'be obtained and the said ears will have an interlocking connection withthe felly owing to the fact that their end'portions are enlarged as heretofore described. F The edgeot the-sleeve 3 is'beveled or cut away as indicated at Tat pointsiadjacent to the'ears 5.. i

This construction has 'the'advahtage of enabling the outer faces of the ears to lie .ilushwith thesidesof the 'sleeve 3 when in normal position and. of eliminating all lateral projections. When the spoke socket is to be employed for repairpurposesthe base piece landl' integral ears 5'are formed'of malleable metal and one of the ears 5 projects laterally in alinement with the base 4 as indicated in Fig. 4. In applying the socket thespoke is sprung to one sid e oi the ielly l and the sleeve 3 slipped over the extremity thereof. The

spoke is then allowed to spring back into normal position with the base 4 overt-heinne'r face of the fellyl and the laterally extending ear 5 bent against the side of the telly-and theiastening members inserted through. the openings 6.; 3, p L

Particular attention is'directed to theformation of theisleeve 3 with the beveled'or cut away edges 7.10-

cated fadjacentto the ears 5fwhereby when-the latter are bent'at angles-to the base 4 the outer sidessof the, salslaeaislieflnshwith the'sides of the sleeve 3.-' Having thus described the invention ,what is claimed as new is I p 1 1. In a spoke'socket, the'combinationof asleg ajgalfitT- edge portions thereof cut away Tlpglli nppsYTs'i'dr-z s: a base closing one end of the sleeve, and i lteg in'l earsiprojecting from the bnse'adjacent to thecut awaj edges bf the sleeve. whereby when .theears' are bent at-an'gles'to the base-the 'outer faces-thereof lle flush withtho sides of the sleeve.

. 2*. In a spoke socket, the c'ombination' of a sleevejiaving edge portions thereoicut away 'at opposite points, a. base closing one end of the sleeve, and integral ears projecting from the baseat points adjacent-to the cut away edge'por.

, tions of the sleeve whereby when the said ears are bent at anglesto the base the outer faathereoflie-flush-with the sides-otthe sleeve, the-end portions of the earsbing enlarged and provided with openings.

In testimon y vhereof I affix my. signature in-presence of'two witnesses,

' W-ILLIAM n. HOLT. its} Witnesses H m, E. Hour," Emma HAMAKER. 

